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Best Buy is planning to match the prices of Internet competitors such as Amazon this holiday season, even as it plays down its concerns over shoppers browsing gadgets in stores, only to buy them for less online.

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Japan's Softbank is in talks to buy about 70% of Sprint Nextel, a deal that would help the U.S. wireless carrier cope with heavy debt and compete with bigger rivals.

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The jobless rate is likely to be around its current 7.8% level in mid-2013 due to lackluster economic growth, according to a survey of economists.

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The Dow industrials turned lower just ahead of the close, shedding 18.58 points and marking their fourth consecutive day of losses.

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Turkey said a Syrian plane carried military material.
The passenger jet, which was forced to land Wednesday in Ankara, held equipment from Russian arms makers, the Turkish prime minister said. Neither Damascus nor Moscow had an immediate response to the allegations, but both capitals earlier condemned Turkey's actions.